麦当娜定于8月15日在波兰华沙举行的演唱会日前受到当地天主教人士的抵制，因为当天适逢天主教圣母升天日，而与圣母同名的歌手在这样一个神圣的日子举办演唱会获利被认为是道德上不妥的行为。天主教组织表示，虽然麦当娜的演唱会可能会如期举行，但人们肯定会走出来表示不满和抗议。

Roman Catholics in Warsaw, Poland, are trying to stop a Madonna concert planned for the day the church celebrates the assumption into heaven of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

"To make money by holding a concert on such a day by a singer with such a name is ethically¹ dubious," said Grzegorz Kalwarczyk, chancellor² of the Warsaw archdiocese. "Although it will probably go ahead, it is not surprising that people are voicing dissatisfaction, and protesting."

Madonna's concert in the Polish capital is planned for August 15, which is a public holiday in Poland. The word, "Madonna," from the Italian meaning "my lady," is a traditional way of referring to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Catholics believe that at the end of her life Mary, unlike other people, was taken up — or assumed — body and soul into heaven.

Kalwarczyk said his office has received numerous telephone calls from Catholics worried about the concert, which will form part of Madonna's 15-country "Sticky and Sweet Tour," opening in London next month. "It may be a deliberate provocation³, or just a case of thoughtlessness. It is hard to say," Kalwarczyk said.

A senior lay Roman Catholic, Krzysztof Zagozda, who is a spokesperson for Poland's Catholic Unum Principium association, said the newly formed protest committee would "do everything" to prevent the performance.

"We do not believe in accidents. Someone has chosen this date deliberately," Zagozda was quoted as saying on the Moje Miasto website.

In 2006, the Vatican protested when Madonna appeared crucified on a giant cross at Rome's Olympic Centre, less than a mile from St Peter's Square.